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Chick-fil-A Twin Cities expansion begins today

Pioneer Press

Posted:
10/03/2013 12:01:00 AM CDT

Updated:
10/10/2013 11:12:12 AM CDT

Customers camp out Wednesday morning, Oct. 9, 2013, for opening day at the new Chick-fil-A restaurant in Maple Grove. As with other Chick-fil-A grand openings, the chain was offering a year of free chicken sandwiches to the first 100 customers in the door. (Courtesy photo)

Attention breaded-chicken-sandwich fans: Chick-fil-A has announced the grand opening dates for its first Twin Cities stand-alone restaurants.

Two Chick-fil-A outlets will open for business Thursday, Oct. 10: the Coon Rapids restaurant at 3590 River Rapids Drive NW, and the Maple Grove restaurant at 11820 Fountains Way, the company said.

Two more Chick-fil-A outlets will open on Thursday, Nov. 7, in Bloomington and Apple Valley.

As part of its grand opening, Chick-fil-A is offering a free year of chicken sandwich meals -- one each week for 52 weeks -- to the first 100 adults in line at each of those new restaurants. In other markets, that has draw crowds who camp out overnight.

While Chick-fil-A already has small outlets at the University of Minnesota and the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, these will be the chain's first standalone restaurants in the Twin Cities.